OVER
OVER FIFTEEN YEARS OF RESEARCH BROUGHT THE SHARK ALERT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM INTO THE PALMS
OF OUR HANDS.
THE TECHNOLOGY IN OUR PHONES IS
NOW ABLE TO RECEIVE A SHARK
ALERT NOTIFICATION.
THIS MEANS YOU COULD HAVE A FEW
SECONDS WARNING BEFORE AN
EARTHQUAKE WHICH IS DEFINITELY
ENOUGH TO SAVE LIVES.
JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT
THE ADVANCES AND HOW TO MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY
IN OUR PHONES IS OUR VERY OWN
GLENN FARLEY.
GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M GOOD.
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
AND BEFORE WE GET TO THE PHONE
TUTORIAL THAT IS GREAT.
BY THE WAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT
HOW THE SHARK ALERT WORKS.
WHAT'S THE TECHNOLOGY?
SO THE TECHNOLOGY IS THIS AND
WE'VE GOT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
SEISMIC NETWORK MAP HERE BEHIND
US WHICH SHOWS ALL THESE
EARTHQUAKES.
SO ALL OF THESE SEISMOMETERS
ARE OUT THERE AND THESE ARE
DEVICES THAT ARE IN THE GROUND
AND THEY WILL BASICALLY LISTEN
FOR THE SHAKING, IF YOU WILL.
WHEN THEY GET SHOOK THEY WILL
SEND A MESSAGE TO A CENTRAL
COMPUTER.
SO IF THIS SEISMOMETER OVER
HERE GETS A LOT OF SHAKING THIS
ONE A LITTLE LESS BACK HERE NOT
SO MUCH THAT MEANS THAT IT CAN
SORT OF TRIANGULATE BETWEEN ALL
THOSE PLACES AND SAY OK, THIS
IS WHERE THE SHAKING IS THE
WORST AND THIS IS HOW LONG IT
COULD TAKE TO GET TO ANOTHER
SPOT.
IN YOUR CASE THAT MEANS WHERE
YOU ARE THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO
WAVES AS A P WAVE TRAVELS VERY
FAST IN AN S WAVE THAT TRAVELS
NOT QUITE AS FAST AND BASICALLY
THEY LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE
THOSE
THOSE TWO
THOSE TWO WAVES IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME IT WILL
TAKE THE ACTUAL MAJOR SHAKING
TO GET TO YOU.
SO THIS TECHNOLOGY CAN CAN
PREDICT THE WAVE PROPAGATION
AND WHERE I MEAN THIS IS
INCREDIBLE.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW SOME AREAS
COULD GET UP TO A MINUTE
WARNING SOME LESS BUT WITH
SECONDS REALLY MATTER BASICALLY
THE THE WHAT THEY'RE ASKING YOU
TO DO IS DROP COVER AND HOLD.
SO IF YOU WERE SITTING IN SAW
IN YOUR DINING ROOM CLASSIC
CASE GET UNDER THE DINING ROOM
TABLE SO SOMETHING CRASHES DOWN
FROM THE CEILING.
YOU'VE GOT THAT KIND
OF PROTECTION OVER YOU.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST
EXAMPLE.
BUT IF YOU CAN THINK
OF ANYTHING THAT COULD GET YOU
INTO A MORE SECURE POSITION BUT
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT YOU
GET ON YOUR PHONE IN TERMS
OF OF OF A WARNING.
IT IS ALSO WHAT IS BEING USED
FOR INFRASTRUTURE.
SO I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME
PICTURES HERE IF WE CAN CALL
THOSE BACK UP.
YEAH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND
THESE ARE SCENES FROM THE
DISQUALIFIERS QUAKE BACK IN
2001 BUT FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE A
WATER UTILITY.
THEY HAVE DESIGNED A TECHNOLOGY
THAT CAN ACTUALLY START CLOSING
THESE GIANT THREE FOOT WIDE
GATES TO STOP WATER THAT COULD
RUSH OUT OF ONE OF THESE TANKS
THROUGH A BROKEN PIPE.
WE WANT TO KEEP THAT WATER IN
RESERVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE IT FOR DRINKING AND WE
HAVE IT FOR FIGHTING FIRES.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE
DAMAGE IS GOING TO TAKE BEFORE
IT CAN BE FIXED BEFORE THOSE
FACILITIES ARE ONLINE OF THIS
SHAKE ALERT EARLY WARNING
SYSTEM IS USED UP AND DOWN THE
WEST COAST.
SO OREGON AND CALIFORNIA
ALREADY INTO IT.
THIS IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT
OVERALL THEY'RE STILL ADDING
DIFFERENT THINGS BUT TAKE APART
RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE BAY
AREA THAT'S BEEN WIRED IN FROM
THE EARLY DAYS
OF EXPERIMENTATION HERE IN THAT
WILL SLOW DOWN A TRAIN, EVEN
POTENTIALLY STOP A TRAIN IF IT
DETECTS SHAKING OR WHERE IT
DETECTS THAT SHAKING BECAUSE
YOU DON'T WANT TO DERAIL
CERTAINLY.
RIGHT.
CERTAINLY. RIGHT. AND ALSO IT'S GOOD YOU
MENTIONED FOR FOR MEDICAL
PURPOSES YOU SAID THAT THEY GET
THEY DON'T GET AN ALERT ON
THEIR PHONE.
THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
SO IF SOMEONE'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF SURGERY THEY KNOW.
SO IF YOU'RE THAT'S ONE
OF THOSE SITUATIONS THAT
THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A SURGEON WHO IS
OPERATING ON SOMEBODY,
OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT THAT
KNIFE INTO THAT PERSON WHILE
THEY'RE SHAKING.
SO BASICALLY THIS COULD GIVE
THAT SURGEON WARNING TO BE ABLE
TO PULL OUT THE KNIFE TO BE
ABLE TO PREPARE TO PROTECT THAT
PERSON ON THE OPERATING TABLE.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS ONE THING
THAT THEY HAVE FOUND IN PAST
EARTHQUAKES AT FIRE DEPARTMENTS
IS THAT WHEN THE BUILDING
SHAKES BAD ENOUGH IT CAN JAM
THE DOORS CLOSED AND THEY CAN'T
GET THE FIRE TRUCKS OUT.
SO THIS IS ALREADY BEEN WIRED
IN TO WERE AUTOMATICALLY AS
SOON AS THE FIREHOUSE SYSTEM
DETECTS OH THERE'S BEEN AN
EARTHQUAKE SHAKING COMING THE
DOORS ARE AUTOMATICALLY SET TO
OPEN.
THEREFORE THE FIRE TRUCKS CAN'T
BE LOCKED INSIDE.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT.
BUT I WANT TO SHOW THIS
DETAILED EXPLANATION YOU MADE
FOR PEOPLE TO SET THIS UP ON
THEIR PHONES RIGHT?
YEAH.
SO IT'S ON YOUR PHONE NOW.
THE DIFFERENCE IS IS YOU JUST
REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE
NOTHING GOT TURNED OFF BY
MISTAKE AND YOU CAN GET THE
ALERT.
WE HAVE TWO PHONES HERE AN
IPHONE AND AN ANDROID FOR
WASHINGTON STATE.
THERE ARE NO APPS BUT YOU CAN
STILL GET NOTIFICATION.
LET'S START WITH THE IPHONE.
SO THIS IS HOW THE PHONE IS
TIED INTO THE WIRELESS
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT IS PUT OUT BY
FEMA.
SO ON THE IPHONE WE'RE GOING TO
GO TO SETTINGS THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN HERE TO
NOTIFICATIONS.
IT'S IN RED HIT THAT SCROLL ALL
THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM.
AT THE BOTTOM THERE'S
GOVERNMENT ALERTS AMBER ALERTS
,EMERGENCY ALERTS AND PUBLIC
SAFETY ALERTS.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
EMERGENCY ALERT BUTTON IS ON
AND IT'LL SHOW UP AS GREEN.
SO LET'S SWITCH FROM THE APPLE
OVER TO THE ANDROID THEN AN
AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE USE.
SO IT'S A SIMILAR SETUP GO TO
SETTINGS WHICH LOOKS LIKE A
GEAR, GO TO APPS AND NOTIFY US
AND THEN SCROLL ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS ADVANCED
AND DOWN THERE YOU WILL FIND
WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS AND
YOU CAN TELL WHAT'S TURNED ON.
FOR EXAMPLE, AMBER ALERTS,
EXTREME THREATS, SEVERE THREATS
AND PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGES ONE
THAT IS SO INCREDIBLY HELPFUL
TO EXPLAIN ALL THAT TO US.
THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TIME
WITH US TODAY AND EXPLAINING
WELL IF EVERYBODY SET UP ON
THEIR NOW THERE IS UNDER THE
IAEA SYSTEM THERE MAY BE SOME
DELAY THERE FINDING THERE MAY
BE ABOUT A 15 SECOND DELAY ON
THAT WHICH IS KIND OF A
DISADVANTAGE.
IT'S A PROBLEM THAT THE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT